Published: February 12, 2025
The planet had no dawn, only a slightly brighter yet still oppressive gray and solitude.
Husky and the only other remaining person looked at Ye Zhongming and his group, who completely ignored them, waiting for them to come to a decision about whether to stay or leave.
“I really don’t understand. Given your current condition, it’s clearly unsuitable for you to act alone. Why do you still refuse our proposal to team up?” Jie Kui looked at the woman from the Long Void Water Clan, utterly perplexed.
The situation was that He had already been injured, not just from previous encounters, but also from the battle just now. Even while fighting with Husky’s group, the evil armor star people never lost sight of their ultimate target, He, and naturally wouldn’t let her off easily; she sustained another injury.
This was still under the premise that Husky knew He was the key; if she died, everything would be over, so he protected her very thoroughly. Otherwise, she likely would have been killed at the start of the battle.
With two injuries on her body and the threat of the evil armor star people potentially reappearing at any moment, Jie Kui couldn’t understand what gave this woman the confidence to still refuse joining Ye Zhongming’s team in such a situation.
Even though Jie Kui’s attitude had already soured, He remained smiling.
“It’s a personal reason.” He glanced apologetically at Ye Zhongming and continued, “I just don’t want to join your team. That doesn’t mean I won’t cooperate with you. The second small cycle is about to end, and I’ve already collected quite a bit of material here. If I use the remaining time to gather a bit more, I can refine a lot of useful medicines once I get back. At that time, I will sell them to you at a very low price, and I guarantee that I will do the same every cycle in the future. Doesn’t that show my sincerity and gratitude? Cooperation doesn’t necessarily mean we have to be tied together, right?”
“But what about when you encounter the evil armor star people? Even though they’ve lost many of their members, they’re still not something you can handle.” Jie Kui said, a bit anxious.
The people present were all top-notch individuals from their respective planets or races. Even the sponsored warriors were undoubtedly the stars of hope and highly valued.
If they were rejected by someone clearly strong, it wouldn’t mean much. But being turned down by someone who obviously lacked good self-defense capabilities, who wouldn’t feel a bit of temper?
Moreover, following Ye Zhongming these days had completely lifted Jie Kui’s spirits.
Previously, he thought just surviving the novice battlefield was enough, and what points or future of the Star Eye Clan had nothing to do with him.
But now, after venturing with Ye Zhongming, Jie Kui realized that it seemed all goals could be achieved, and he could even go further and gain more, so he naturally wouldn’t give up this opportunity.
At the same time, he understood that to go further and gain more, even Ye Zhongming’s strength had limits and needed support. He could be said to be the best and most crucial supplement.
Jie Kui’s gaze flickered as he occasionally glanced at Ye Zhongming, his meaning becoming very clear: should we just tie this woman up? Force her to serve our team?
Furthermore, Jie Kui had a deeper reason—if she still didn’t agree? Then let’s just kill her! If we can’t have her, we can’t let others have her! Also, the points must not be wasted.
But Ye Zhongming remained silent.
This undoubtedly placed a lot of pressure on He. She could see that this group of three was led by Ye Zhongming.
“My ability allows me to avoid being tracked by this number of evil armor star people.”
He didn’t speak the truth; even though many evil armor star people had been killed, she would still be killed if encountered. But she truly did not want to team up with anyone.
“The taste of living under someone else’s roof is not pleasant, is it? I imagine you’ve felt that way since childhood, leading you to deeply loathe it, right?” Husky suddenly spoke up, addressing He.